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63 Sedam (Gulbarga, Karnataka), c. 12th century (p. 113)
amra-lumbi and fruit. Her younger son (nude) appears on left while the elder son, riding on his mother's lion mount is carved on right. In two instances the elder son shown as grown up man holds manuscript (or lotus) and fruit instead.
Two figures are found from Kambadahalli (Māndyā, Pāncakūta, Basti, 12th century A.D.; Figs. 79, 80, on pages 133 and 132). In both the instances, two-armed Ambikā, seated in lalita pose, holds āmra-lumbi and fruit. One of her sons stands nude on left while the elder son rides on her lion mount on right. Two of her figures from Karnataka standing in tri-bhanga and holding āmra-lumbi and fruit are displayed in the National Museum, Delhi (Acc. Nos. 74.127 and 48.4/21). The goddess stands under a mango tree with the figure of Neminātha and her younger son, standing on left. Her elder son, riding on lion, is depicted on right.56
Thus Ambikā in south India is represented mainly as two-armed with only two exceptions from Karnataka, where she is carved with four hands. One such figure is found from Terdal (Jamkhandi, Bījāpur). The figure, preserved in the Jaina temple, called Gonka Jinālaya, belongs to the 12th century A.D. Instead of her usual
